Something is wrong with my hens face

[stephanie1992]

she was given to me and her face had feathers on it, within a week she looked like this. Her face even looks kinda swollen to me. What could be wrong. All my other chickens are healthy. The person i got it from said it cant be pox. But what else could it be

 

[chickened]

Could just be a molt but seperate her right away and look for other symptoms, noises, smells lethargic actions etc.

 

[stephanie1992]

ok, shes acting fine, eating, drinking, and looks fine except for her face. hr face makes her look horrible. shes a RIR bantam. Ill put her in her own pen away from the others for now

 

[chickened]

It looks more swollen in the newer photo.

 

[Leslieb118]

It looks more swollen in the newer photo.

It looks more swollen to me too, in that last pic. Her face looks a little pale which makes it look swollen to me. I'd make sure she's isolated from your other chickens, as it could be a respiratory issue. Look for drainage, sneezing, wheezing and rattling sounds. If it were me, I'd take her back to where I got her from. Good luck!


ETA: If she's new, is it possible she got pecked in the face?

 

[stephanie1992]

It looks more swollen to me too, in that last pic. Her face looks a little pale which makes it look swollen to me. I'd make sure she's isolated from your other chickens, as it could be a respiratory issue. Look for drainage, sneezing, wheezing and rattling sounds. If it were me, I'd take her back to where I got her from. Good luck!


ETA: If she's new, is it possible she got pecked in the face?

the 2nd pic is actully a pic of her the day i got her, the 1st pic was taken today. Ive been putting baby oil on her face.

 

[dawg53]

Inspect her closely for mites.

 

[stephanie1992]

when i got her she had little black thiings on her face that looked like fleas but there heads were stuck into her skin. I powdered her with mite dust and thos are gone. Ill look through her feathers and see if theres any other mites